Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-11-10
THE NEST.

THE WEST.
THF Wyandotte train wreckers nave o0eA
released on bail. .,,o, ~
GASOLINE explosion In the cellar -
Newman's grocery, South
street St Louis, on the 1st was Inc CAu9o
of the death of several members OF the
family and other persons Seventeen per
sons we're buried in the ruins, which I'LL
mediatelv took fire. Eight OF them per,
;shed the remainder being also Durneu anu
injured. 1917
Knights OF Labor, at Chicago recen.iy' ~
was decided by majority vote 10 wl'nora"
IN body from the knlgnts Oh Eao
Hon. GEORGE REDFIELD, ex-State ireas-
urer and ex-Secretary of State OF Michigan,
died near Elkhart, Ind, recently, ageo
eiohtv-one He was millionaire
Two hundred and fifty union job printers
of Chicago struck on the 1st for the nine
hour day Several of the largest omces hau
yielded.
ALFRED STONE. a survivor OF the lll-iaCeu
propeller Vernon, lost in Lake Mlcnigan'
was picked up by the schooner Fomeroy.
When Stone was found he was ON rai'
with the body of another man.
GOVERNOR and Mrs. j. b. Gordon, OF
Georgia. and Senator and Mrs. Il. b. Payne,
| of OHIO, were the guests OF w. D. GORDON
of Cleveland, on the I'd.
TIE grand jury at Delhi, Ind, has re-
| ported that the names of the men VINO
| lynched Amer Green could not be learned
| The sheriff is fully eXonerated.
FULTON q PETERS, coal and gram dealers
| at Wilmington, O., have assigned with
s53 600 assets and $4,000 liabilities.
Ell HARPER, defaulting cashier OF the
Fidelity Bank. of Cincinnati, occupies a
| cell in the county Jail.
FIRE in Tuscola, Ill, recently destroyed
J. B. Walmsley's -four mill and 1900 bush
| els of wheat, causing $50, 900 loss.
A Crow Agency, NJ. T., special OF the "a
SAYS: Two troops of colored cavalry and
one from the Cheyenne agency arrived TO-
night. Indian scouts report two white men
killed on Reno creek, near here, yester-
day.
AT Stcubenville, O., recently, while
John q. Beatty and Miss Hattie Turner,
both prominent society people, were cross
ing the Panhandle railroad track they were
run down by locomotive and Beatty was
killed instantly and Miss Turner received
fatal injuries.
TIE citizens of Minneapolis, Mimi, have
appointed committee of fifty to try to Sc
cure the Republican National convention
next year.
JUDGE SAWYER, of the United States Cir
cult Court at San Francisco has allowed
the executors of late ex-senator Sharon an
appeal to the United States Supreme Court
against the decree which decided that
Sara Althea Hill was Sharon's wife.
TIE Supreme Court of the United States
on the I'd handed down its opinion in the
Chicago Anarchist case. The application
for writ of error was denied.
THE jury in the case of "Blinky" Morgan,
on trial at Ravenna, o., for the murder OF
Detective Hulligan, returned a verdict Of
murder in the first degree.
THE coal miners strike above Evansville,
Ind, has ended in the return of the men at
the old wages.
The st. Louis job printers struck on the
I'd for an extra dollar per week, the wages
having been S1S.
JOSEPH SMITH, capitalist, Cincinnati, has
failed. Assets, $3.50, 900; liabilities, $780,
000.
A CROWD of VICIOUS boys in Cincinnati
recently attempted to upset a car by plac-
ing distractions on the cable road at Vine
street and Clifton avenue.
TIE Chicago Club House on Monroe street
burned the other morning with its valu able
paintings and furniture. Loss about 5000,
900; insured.
THE Utah express on the Denver & Rio
Grande was robbed near Gunnison, Col,
on the morning of the Sd. The robbers
failed to open the safe which contained
considerable treasure, and what they OBJ
tanned was a small sum found in registered
let ers.
THE Attorney General of Illinois has filed
suit against four fire insurance companies
for doing business in violation of their
charters.
A LONE highwayman held up the north
and south mail stages near Holbroolk, Ariz.,
recently. One passenger was robbed of
$50.